Write on! – Alls fair

Assignment from my writing class – “An incident when you were treated unfairly or you treated someone else unfairly.” I think I covered both . . .

Unfair Treatment – Body, Mind & Me

By judy westerfield

“More! More!” my mind screams at me. Her desire reverberates throughout my body. Once again, I’m caught in the middle ­ between body and mind, between hedonism and health.

The three of us — body, mind and me — have been together a very long time. Over the years the mind has grown bolder, louder. To keep the peace I usually do what she says, even though it’s often based on want rather than need. Today is no exception.

For the second time in less than an hour I retrieve the half-gallon carton from the freezer.

“More! More!” She is unrelenting.

“Calm down. “I’m scooping as fast as I can.”

I ladle from the carton to the soup bowl — 1/3 less fat, 120 calories, $2.99 on sale — spoonfuls of vanilla, chock full of chocolate chunks and ripples of golden caramel. Hard, too hard. I like it soft, just this side of starting-to-melt. Ten seconds in the microwave will do it. I’ve perfected the timing.

“More! More!”

“You will just have to wait 10 seconds.” I can be firm.

It’s creamy, cold, sweet and glides deliciously from the lips all the way down to the stomach.

“Ahhhh. Mmmm,” the mind purrs and declares it to be an invention ranking right up there with the discovery of fire, the wheel and Tampax.

The bowl is empty. She points out that there’s more in the carton, purposely left out on the counter, which is now just the right soft consistency.

It’s early – I wasn’t hungry yet – now I am. One of these three bad girls has made a terrible impression on me. And I have a new ice cream scoop – how handy is that?!
BTW, melted ice cream is otherwise known as a milk shake. It’s why they invented the straw.